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22 Years Ago: Schumacher Scores 1st F1 Podium

Today marks the 22nd anniversary of Michael Schumacher’s first podium finish in Formula 1 at the 1992 Mexican Grand Prix — a feat that he would go on to repeat a further 154 times across the next 20 years of his illustrious career.

In the race, Nigel Mansell won from a narrow pole (just .016 over teammate Ricardo Patrese) by 13s from Patrese, with Michael putting his Benetton-Ford B192 into 3rd place over Gerhard Berger’s McLaren-Honda, all the field having been lapped.

Pos

#

Driver

Car

Laps

Gap

Difference

Reason

1

5

Nigel Mansell

Williams-Renault

69

2

6

Riccardo Patrese

Williams-Renault

69

12.971

12.971

3

19

Michael Schumacher

Benetton-Ford

69

21.429

8.458

4

2

Gerhard Berger

McLaren-Honda

69

33.347

11.918

5

4

Andrea de Cesaris

Tyrrell-Ilmor

68

1 Lap

6

11

Mika Håakkinen

Lotus-Ford

68

1 Lap

7

12

Johnny Herbert

Lotus-Ford

68

1 Lap

8

21

JJ Lehto

Dallara-Ferrari

68

1 Lap

9

26

Erik Comas

Ligier-Renault

67

2 Laps

10

25

Thierry Boutsen

Ligier-Renault

67

2 Laps

11

29

Bertrand Gachot

Venturi-Lamborghini

66

3 Laps

12

30

Ukyo Katayama

Venturi-Lamborghini

66

3 Laps

13

9

Michele Alboreto

Footwork-Mugen-Honda

65

4 Laps

Not classified

20

Martin Brundle

Benetton-Ford

47

Engine

15

Gabriele Tarquini

Fondmetal-Ford

45

Clutch

14

Andrea Chiesa

Fondmetal-Ford

37

Spun off

22

Pierluigi Martini

Dallara-Ferrari

36

Handling

27

Jean Alesi

Ferrari

31

Engine

24

Gianni Morbidelli

Minardi-Lamborghini

29

Spun off

32

Stefano Modena

Jordan-Yamaha

17

Gearbox

3

Olivier Grouillard

Tyrrell-Ilmor

12

Engine

1

Ayrton Senna

McLaren-Honda

11

Transmission

23

Christian Fittipaldi

Minardi-Lamborghini

2

Spun off

33

Mauricio Gugelmin

Jordan-Yamaha

0

Engine

16

Karl Wendlinger

March-Ilmor

0

Collision

28

Ivan Capelli

Ferrari

0

Collision

A happy Nigel takes the checkered flag after complaining crankily about the bumpy track surface.

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